Kevin Mitnick

2000 - Kevin Mitnick, who was imprisoned for 5 Years in hacking IBM, Motorola and DEC; then a big chase with the FBI, was released from prision. He was still ordered to not log onto a computer.2003 – Kevin Mitnick finally logs back onto the Internet after the 3 year probation. He fought the prohibition from the Internet and got it reduced to 3 years. No word as to where he went on his first login.

Wikazine – Full show notes for January 21

• AOL acquires Personal Library Software
• Intel stamping serial numbers on processors
• Microsoft’s Injunction to package Java from Sun Microsystems.

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